Tracy Dunlap

Tracy Dunlap serves as a Materials Handler at the Ochoco National Forest, supporting the U.S. Forest Service’s mission of ecological restoration and wildfire risk reduction through the procurement and logistical management of critical field supplies. In this role, Dunlap ensures timely delivery of materials essential to silvicultural operations, fuel reduction projects, and habitat enhancement activities. While not a contracting officer, Dunlap plays a vital operational link in the acquisition lifecycle, coordinating with procurement staff to identify, requisition, and track supplies necessary for on-the-ground forest management. Their work directly enables mission-critical field operations by maintaining inventory integrity and ensuring compliance with federal supply chain protocols. Although specific contractor relationships are not publicly enumerated, Dunlap collaborates closely with a network of regional suppliers and logistics vendors who provide specialized forestry and field equipment, safety gear, and operational consumables. These vendor partnerships are typically structured around reliability, rapid response, and adherence to federal sustainability standards, with frequent engagement with small, locally-based distributors capable of delivering to remote forest sites under variable conditions. Dunlap’s procurement activities are consistently aligned with a 100% total small business set-aside preference, reflecting the agency’s strong commitment to socioeconomic inclusion. All material acquisitions are directed toward small businesses, including those certified under 8(a), HUBZone, and Women-Owned Small Business programs, reinforcing the Department of Agriculture’s mandate to foster economic opportunity in rural and underserved communities. The primary NAICS classification guiding Dunlap’s procurement focus is 423450—Medical, Dental, and Hospital Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers—indicating a reliance on specialized supply chains for personal protective equipment, first-aid kits, and health and safety consumables critical for field crews. This reflects a technical domain expertise in procuring high-compliance, mission-critical safety and operational supplies tailored to the unique demands of wildland firefighting and ecological restoration environments.